March, 2016

• 6 March

  Emirates boosts capacity to Istanbul

  Dubai / WAM Following the successful launch of its daily service to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Emirates Airline announced on Sunday that the route will be served by a Boeing 777-300 aircraft effective 27 March. With 364 seats, the 777-300 will take Emirates’ capacity on the route to 5096 seats per week, an increase of more than 50 percent compared ...

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• 6 March

  Ajman Free Zone opens representative offices in Africa

  

  Ajman / WAM Mahmoud Khalil Al Hashemi, Director-General of Ajman Free Zone, has announced the opening of two new representative offices in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, and Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa. The move comes within the framework of geographical expansion plans, which Ajman Free Zone has embarked upon and due these cities’ commercial and investment’s ...

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• 6 March

  Kareena unveils ‘Solitaire One’ in UAE

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business In the quest to serve the unique requirements for solitaire, Malabar Gold & Diamonds has launched Solitaire One – an exclusive collection of solitaires showcasing a wide collection of loose solitaires in various sizes, colour and quality. Every Solitaire One gemstone is certified by leading international certification agencies like GIA, IGI and HRD. As a preferred ...

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• 6 March

  DHA answers 225,543 calls in 2015

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) call centre (800342) has extended its working hours and now functions round-the-clock, said a top health official. Shaikha Al Rahoomi, Director of Customer Relations at the Dubai Health Authority said the move is in line with the Authority’s vision to provide convenience to its customers. Al Rahoomi said: “We have extended ...

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• 6 March

  UAE’s on-trade juice market likely to hit AED 740mn

  

  Sunaina Rana Emirates Business Juicer manufacturing company ‘Juice In Time’ marked prosperous feat at the recently-held Gulfood 2016 with positive business outcomes. The company was successful in achieving its goal to attract potential business interests for their products. Nicolas Daher, Managing Director, Juice In Time, told Emirates Business, “As per the expected number growth, the UAE expectation for the Juice ...

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• 6 March

  Banking, the digital way

  ALKESH SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS Banking is one potential industry that can reap huge benefits from technology marvels. Right from making business transactions swift to adding transparency to daily operations, technology can certainly take the banking facilities to another comfortable level. Gauging the mammoth potential in this niche sector of digital banking, banks in the Emirates are leaving no stone ...

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• 6 March

  Tech giant Qualys gets new CEO to lead marketing plans

  

  EMIRATES BUSINESS In a bid to further advance the company’s vision of helping 8,800 customers, Qualys Inc., a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions in the region, has appointed Shail Khiyara as Chief Marketing Officer. Khiyara will lead all elements of the company’s worldwide marketing strategies, including branding, end-to-end marketing functions, product marketing, corporate communications, demand ...

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• 6 March

  Abu Dhabi eyes Berlin show to boost tourism

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A portfolio of leading hotels, resorts, tour operators and attractions representing Abu Dhabi’s tourism industry will travel to Berlin, Germany to showcase the best of the Emirate at one of the world’s largest travel trade exhibitions. Led by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), more than 50 partners and stakeholders will join ...

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• 6 March

  Forum puts spotlight on green building industry

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Green Building Council — an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices — has joined hands with Heriot-Watt University to host a forum for students to highlight the importance of green building industry. At the forum, graduate and undergraduate students from Heriot-Watt University, American University of Sharjah, The ...

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• 6 March

  Growing food, fuel in desert ecosystem

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The world’s first research facility to grow both food and fuel, using desert lands irrigated by seawater, began operations on a 2-hectare site in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The facility, operated by Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, is funded by the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a group advancing the ...

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